Tag: Epigram of the Month
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All, all are sleeping, sleeping, sleeping on the hill
With this instalment of our Epigram of the Month series, I would like to take a short break from Latin poetry and move far away, both geographically and chronologically, to...
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Epigram of the month: Let’s talk and write about sex!
Today marks another Epigraphy Tuesday – and the day after this year’s Valentine’s Day (which is, by the way, called Singles Awareness Day). I hope you did not let the expectations...
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Enriching experiences
There are a number of moments and events in my life that have, if not shaped my academic career, certainly defined the way in which I approach my subject. This...
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Dulce et decorum est de mortuis recordari: it is sweet and fitting to remember the dead
With the Epigram of the Month November, we are delighted to welcome our doctoral researcher Mirko Tasso as the most recent addition to Team MAPPOLA. The commemoration of the dead...
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Epigram of the month: Hopelessly devoted to whom?
When dealing with Latin epigraphic poetry, it is a matter of time before one encounters a text that, however easy to understand and to translate it may be, includes some...
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Epigram of the month: I have often visited the city of Baiae
It’s August. Our cities are burning hot and eerily deserted, our daily routine is slowed down by the high temperatures in our offices. Many of us are on vacation or...
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Epigram of the month: Vidi pyramidas
After a year of pandemic and deprivation, I think we all want a bit of freedom back. Yes, we used the crisis as an opportunity to be part of digital...
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Epigram(s) of the month: The poetics of the Merry Cemetery
There are many incredible, beautiful, and curious places in the world to explore for anyone who, like us at the MAPPOLA project, wish to study the poetics of death and...
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Epigram of the month: Call the ancient midwife!
Tomorrow, May 12th, 2021, marks both the endpoint, and the highlight, of a very imporant week. May 6th – 12th is Nurse’s Week, and its last day simultaneously is International...
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Epigram of the month: The ballet of the seasons
No doubt! Spring has sprung in Vienna (and in Berlin, where I spent my Easter vacation – and where I took the photo, on the left). We – and all life...